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Anyone else taking the SAT tomorrow?
Any tips for a first-timer?

>> No.1868651

try downloading the kaplan ACT/SAT prep

>> No.1868656
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1868656

I'm a Junior; I'll probably take the SAT in February for the first time.

I took the PSAT last year and got 217, so I think I have it down for the most part.

If you have any questions u can ask me anon :3

>> No.1868663

Bring a graphing calculator and know how to use it well. As for reading a writing, just wing it like I did.

>> No.1868677

I took the September SAT

>800 math
>770 cr
>690 writing

Fucking writing section can go kill itself

>> No.1868706

>>1868677
I liked writing, but CR was a pain in the urethra.
800 M / 710 W / 650 CR

>> No.1868711

Your bitch ass had better get National Merit.

>> No.1868716

>>1868711
I was a commended scholar, actually. Not SF or F.

>> No.1868717

>>1868706

I used to have lots of trouble with CR too.

It's all about using skills/hax.

Read the questions before the passage, and start by reading the first sentence of each paragraph, and take notes as you read through it.

>> No.1868731

fuck fuck fuck dude i am taking it tomorrow and i did shitty on cr last time. damn it.. how hard is it guys? i mean if i studied all week will i be ok?
i am shooting for a 1700-1900.. pretty easy amirite?

>> No.1868733

>>1868716
What did you score on the PSAT?

>> No.1868734

made a 237 on the psat a few years back. was only a semifinailst though thanks to LIBERALISM

>> No.1868741

>>1868734
wat.

i got SF with a 206 lololololo still waiting to hear if my finalist application made it through

>> No.1868757

>930 math
>850 cr
>810 writing

fucking writing section

>> No.1868770

>>1868677
Right on. I had an introduction with a clear thesis, three supports with good examples and quotes (it was about leaders and their role, I cited something out of Plato's Republic, some successful monarchies in Europe, and a third thing I can't remember), and a neat conclusion. BUT I physically write slowly and the whole thing was a succinct 1 page, so I got a 6 on my essay and 650 total on writing. If you were to discount the essay and scale up the rest of that section to be worth a max 800, I would have gotten 740.

In short: I lost 90 points because I wrote succinctly. That was the difference between a 2230 and a 2320.

>> No.1868776

>>1868656
I'm a senior, took the PSAT last year and got a 221. Semifinalist in national merit, feels good man

>> No.1868779

>>1868757
>930 math
>850 cr
>810 writing

>2590 out of 2400

I don't think so, Tim.

>> No.1868786

>700 reading
>690 math
>670 writing

fuck me and my non-mathematical-genius brain

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1868792

Haters gon hate

>> No.1868817

>>1868663
I'm in a country where schools don't give a fuck about the SAT. But YOU CAN BRING A GRAPH CALC?

>> No.1868833

>>1868817
Yes, you can.

>> No.1868837

>>1868817
But you don't need if you're alright at arithmetic.

>> No.1868838

>>1868833
Wow, how do people not Ace this?

>> No.1868848

>>1868741
first off underage b&
second, 206 making semifinalist means ur from some shitty backwater state faggot. enjoy going to your shitty backwater state college

>> No.1868854

>>1868848
>mfw i transferred to another state after junior year, meaning i get state tuition at N different kickass schools

why so mad?

>> No.1868864

>>1868838
Because you need to actually understand mathematics. It has no complex calculations at all, and a calculator won't help you unless you suck at doing basic things in your head and need a machine for it.
Also, a lot of people DO ace the math section, because it doesn't require almost any techniques specific to this test format, whereas Writing and Critical Reading do.

>> No.1868875

i am ruhtard and have
710 math
590 & 580 for the english sections

cries

>> No.1868921

taking sat II phys and chem
are they difficult?
took honors chem and ap phys, got 5 on phys

>> No.1868929

>>1868921
You got a 5 on AP physics. Why on earth would you waste time taking the physics SAT?

>> No.1868936

>>1868929
requirements

>> No.1868954

>>1868864
Why is it focused on writing and critical reading that much? We all know math is far more important than being able to do book reports.

>> No.1868963

>>1868954
I hope troll?

>>1868936
What college requires a physics SAT? MIT?

>> No.1868979

>>1868963
Really? You don't think math is more important than book-reports class?

>> No.1869002

>>1868979
We aren't talking about "book-reports" class man. We're talking about reading and writing.

For almost any career, the ability to communicate effectively using the written word - in other words, writing and critical reading - is far more important than mathematics. In a small fraction of the jobs out there, mathematics is equally or more important.

But I maintain: troll.

>> No.1869031

>>1869002
Tell that to the engineers, jesus fucking christ, 85% of those guys just sound like "HURR DUERRRPPPP" when they try to
write